Protective role of summer acupoint application therapy on weather-triggered rheumatoid arthritis flares
Ling Xin, Jian Liu, Wei Song, Yang Li, Yongjian Zhu · 2026
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Ling Xin, Jian Liu, Wei Song, Yang Li, and Yongjian Zhu test a summer herbal patch therapy against weather-driven arthritis flares, in a 2026 study. In China, summer acupoint application places herbal pastes on acupuncture points during the hottest weeks, aiming to prevent winter illness. Rheumatoid arthritis flares are known to track weather swings. The team used daily hospital data from Hefei covering 2013 to 2024, with over nine thousand records, including about a thousand therapy recipients.
Big day-to-day temperature swings raised flare admissions by about ten percent per step over the following week. After matching similar patients, the untreated group kept that raised risk while the treated group showed none. The gap between groups was statistically clear, supporting a real protective effect worth testing in trials.
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| CREATOR | Ling Xin, Jian Liu, Wei Song, Yang Li, Yongjian Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |